9. Review - Budgets and Fiscal Planning Committee

Comments

This proposal was sent back to the proposers for clarification of the budget in the following areas: (a) The Library Assessment must be fully funded in each year of the budget, not partially funded. (b) The total incremental funding relative to today should be indicated in the budget. Thus if the $207K is to be spent in each of the four years, it should be indicated in each year in addition to new expenditures in succeeding years. (c) The salaries of the graduate assistants need to be clarified. It appears the grad students are paid $30,000 per year with a small $5000 OPE charge. Is that for a 0.49 FTE per person or is it (as suggested by the budget) 1.0 FTE /person? How is the OPE calculated? (d) The narrative speaks of an investment of $560K from the College. Where does that appear in the budget? (e) The narrative mentions a director + staff position. Where is that in the budget? (f) The distinction between “student” and “resident” needs to be clarified.

10. Originator Response

Comments

Beth Chamblin October 25, 2012 5:06pm

Thank you for the review of our proposal for a new graduate program, Comparative Health Sciences. We answered your specific questions below and have modified the proposal accordingly.
a) The library assessment must be fully funded... answer: It is. As specified in the proposal, the library has recommended the subscription of a journal (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology) that we already have in our library. It will be available to students.
b) The total incremental.... answer: Each year (1st to 4th) has its own budget that is shown in the budget pages. All four years together will have a budget of $1,053,600.
c)Salaries and OPE.... answer: The College of Veterinary Medicine has a program of residency (in Medicine, Surgery, etc.) Those residents are enrolled in the MS (current MS of Veterinary Medicine) program. The resident position is 1.0 FTE and is paid $30,000 with $5,000 of OPE.
d) The narrative speaks of an investment of $560K... answer: This represents the total investment of the College in the program. It has been updated.
e) The narrative mentions a director.... answer: The positions do not represent new faculty, but re-assignments. Because of that, they do not infer new money. However, we have changed the budget page to show those costs.
f) the distinction between.... answer: As mentioned before, resident/graduate student (MS) is a program existing in the College. Professional schools have MD/MS, MD/PhD, DVM/MS, DVM/PhD, that follows a different model compared with other programs in the University. We added a few sentences in the text to make it clearer.
We appreciate the comments and the opportunity to improve the presentation of our proposal.

Comments

13. Review - Budgets and Fiscal Planning Committee

14. Review - Graduate Council Chair

Sent Back
by
James Coakley Associate Dean / College of Business Dept, March 12, 2013 1:06pm

Comments

James Coakley (Graduate Council Chair) March 12, 2013 1:06pm

The Graduate Council feels this program would be a welcome and valuable addition to the OSU campus. However, we would like the proposal to provide additional details pertaining to establishment of an interdisciplinary graduate program. Specifically, an agreement for hosting the program within the Graduate School, a more expansive list of participating faculty and their tenure home to ensure sufficient faculty are engaged to deliver the needed coursework and mentoring, and additional information on sources of student support. Liaison letters from the Provost and the Graduate School would help to clarify the current and future intended structure of the program as an interdisciplinary program.

Comments

20. Originator Response

Comments

Beth Chamblin May 13, 2013 11:20am

The proposals has been updated. The following changes have been made.
page 3 and 4-Elective courses changed to Required/Elective courses. Phd elective credits were changed to 65.
On page 4, the first paragraph was updated.
On page 5, "f" and "h" were updated.
On page 6. "j" was updated.
On page 11. "5.a." was updated with learning outcomes for core courses.
Thank you,
Beth Chamblin

25. Review - Academic Programs

Comments

Gary Beach (Academic Programs) January 29, 2014 9:03am

Effective Term: The proposal called for an effective term of Fall Term 2013. The campus announcement following the Board's approval indicated an effective term of Fall Term 2014. However, because a new cohort of students will begin this new graduate degree program this coming Summer, the College of Veterinary Medicine has requested an effective term of Summer Term 2014. (See the entry in the Proposal Comments field below.)

--Gary

26. Review - Catalog Coordinator

Approved
by
Larry Bulling Program Technician 1 / Office of the Registrar, January 29, 2014 9:20am

Comments

Larry Bulling (Catalog Coordinator) January 29, 2014 9:20am

Will be entered into online catalog after associate registrar assigns new major code and Graduate School enters it into Banner curriculum tables.